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Members of the graduating Class of 2017 have received college acceptance notices from 40 institutions so far this year. Congratulations, and good luck as you consider which school to attend! Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Brown University Clarkson University Columbia University Cornell University  Duke University  Emmanuel College Hofstra University Howard University Hudson Valley …

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Freshmen recently went live on the air and played DJs for a day in presenting podcasts at WRPI, the campus radio station at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. The bioengineering class recorded podcasts to describe a cool cutting-edge genetic technology for a project about DNA. They learned about DNA and how it works, how this …

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Tech Valley High School is proud to announce that sophomore Purevsuren Batdorj of Rensselaer won first place in the New York Future Problem Solving Program’s annual State Bowl in Long Island on March 12. Batdorj was awarded a trophy for her creative short story “A Child of Mali” in the “scenario writing” category of the …

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Tech Valley High School is proud to announce that the Dragons made it to the quarterfinals in just their second year of competing in the regional FIRST Robotics Competition held March 17-18 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. FIRST challenges teams to build and program industrial-sized robots in just six weeks to play a difficult field game …

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Students and teachers learned side-by-side when 20 educators from around the region joined Tech Valley High School for a free computer science workshop.  The event, titled “Do You Arduino?” introduced educators to the Arduino microcontroller. Arduino is a small, programmable, low-cost circuit board that is energizing the “maker” movement worldwide. By coding this little device, …

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Tech Valley High School would like to thank the Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. for the financial support of the school’s inaugural summer camp this upcoming July. The foundation will donate a $2,000 Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs grant. “We are excited to offer these opportunities to a wide range of students, including …

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“I’m two-weeks ahead of kids my age who won’t have this experience.” – Senior Cameron Smith of Wynantskill Students reflect on the opportunity to complete internships at local businesses during I-Term, an annual career exploration program. It starts freshman year and scaffolds to build in complexity over four years. I-Term gives students the opportunity to …

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Tech Valley High School’s annual career exploration program called I-term started on Monday. I-Term gives students the opportunity to explore their interests and gain experiential learning in careers.  More than 50 businesses, organizations and professionals are involved in this year’s program. 36 internships including: NYS Assembly & Senate, Greane Tree Technology Group/Albany Can Code, American …

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Tech Valley High School would like to thank National Grid for the financial support of the school’s inaugural summer camp this upcoming July. The commitment of $5,000 will go a long way to ensure that we provide our camp attendees with what is expected to be a memorable, enriching experience. “Whether it’s through staff working …

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Tech Valley High School recently welcomed 40 educators from Niskayuna Central School District to participate in a Program Study about project- and problem-based learning. Program Study is one of Tech Valley High’s professional development programs. It provides an overview of project-based learning and the principles and practices of TVHS; project rollout with a teacher to …

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